Poll: Most Republicans support assault weapons ban, despite Trump saying 'no appetite'

Oh no. Two completely different pollsters are 4% different from each other. Both showing most Americans want them banned. One showing most Republicans, another showing a large chunk of Republicans. Far from "no appetite".

Completely discredited.

What will I ever do.

You are about as sharp as a bowling ball. I didn't say anything about grenade launchers. That was an excerpt of what most people think an assault weapon is genius.

So I guess you could be wrong. Thanks! The original argument was the fact you said that most republicans want AR banned. Now you are trying to change the narrative after this poll shows the majority doesn't. Read you original post. You even went so far and called it a fact later on.

I don't give two shit what liberals think on this matter because 80% of them can't even define what the difference is between a rifle and a pistol or what an AR even is. You two liberals in here have proven that fact. You just scared of loud noises when less then .001% of guns cause any harm in this country.

To much fun making you all look like the tools that you are. You make it easy! I don't even have to work for it. What is a military style weapon then? AR15s are not really used in the military in any capacity. Why can't you define it yourself without having to be a Google Warrior? Why did MW change the definition 2 years ago?

I know you will deflect again because liberals don't really answer questions.

1. The poll I linked is not wrong. It's an estimate, and for that specific time. A poll 1 week later is expected to be different, or from another pollster. At the time Trump said there was no "appetite" among Republicans, so he was objectively wrong.

The new poll link comes close to that prior estimate, but was taken afterwards. A change is expected. As more as time goes on after a mass shooting AR Ban sentimentdies down a bit historically. So that's also understandable.

2. Fox Polls have a slight conservative tilt.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/

3. Even if it was just 40%, that's still proving Trump wrong. That's an appetite.

Nothing I stated was incorrect. You're reaching.

P.S Stop lying, Page 1:

I didn't say these polls were facts. They are good estimations though.

Most Americans want background checks (~90%). Currently most Americans want assault weapon bans (~70%). I can say that with a high level of confidence going by the error margin of these polls.

You seem really upset at the fact that most Americans want your killing toy banned.

I don't give two shits what the majority of liberals think to be honest. Just like liberals really don't care people die from guns. They are just the emotional party that is running on the platform of free handouts. Seems the only ones upset are the ones that don't understand guns and that we need to fix this issue at the source gangs, far right/left groups, mental health, and suicide prevention. That is the way to lower gun deaths in this country, not stripping rights away because people don't have the common sense to actually help people with issues!

We will never agree so I am done with this. Bye Felicia!

A majority of this country.

Not just liberals.

This isn't a disagreement, you're just factually wrong.

Only 39% of respondents (759 out of 1641) are Republican/lean Republican. The sample size is too small to draw the conclusion in the op. The question is assault style weapons, not assault weapons, with no definition of what that is so it depends on what the respondent thinks an assault style weapon is. Perhaps I missed it but I don't see a breakdown of Republican specific response to the question just a general response from all polled. This would be required to support the op.

The sample size is large enough, however it is less accurate, meaning the +- % will be larger.

Kinda yes and no.

a decent workable sample size for an opinion poll is around 1200-1500, so while the total size is fine, the ratio Republican to democratic/independent is not.

If you want to conclude what the thread starter did.

@Jacanuk: @horgen:Even fewer people identify as Republican (32% or 627 of 1690 total). The percentage of Republicans who agree with a ban could be as low as 2% of the total respondents. Since the Poll does not appear to break out political party for this question we have no way of knowing how large the percentage of Republicans is who support the ban. I see no evidence in the poll data to support the op.

1200-1500 is kinda odd numbers,although it depends entirely on how accurate you want it to and if you wish to break it further down. You need slightly less than 1100 for a 3% margin of error. 600 something for a margin of error at 4%. Less than 400 for 5%. On the other hand you need well over 2000 for 2% margin of error.. With 95% confidence.

So going by the 627 number given by @headtriphippie you get 55% +- 4 %.

It's fair to assume the number of Republicans line up with the national average.

Seeing what America elects as their president, I do not support it.